OKREADME.txt explains the layout of OK.csv (csv signifies a comma separated variable file).  
OK.csv contains Oklahoma precinct election data from the 2000 federal general election matched with 
racial data from the 2000 U.S. Census.

Use and Attribution: All data is free and may be distributed as long as no charge is imposed and
this readme file is included with the data.  If you use the data, please include this citation: David
Lublin and D. Stephen Voss. 2001.  "Federal Elections Project." American University,
Washington, DC and the University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY.  We would greatly appreciate it
if you would mail us hard copies of any paper written utilizing these data sets. You can send
copies to: David Lublin, Department of Government, School of Public Affairs, American
University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20016. 

Funding for the Federal Elections Project was provided by the Political Science Program of the
Division of Social and Economic Sciences of the National Science Foundation (Award
#99-85999).

Geography Identification:
MID is a case identification number for the merged data set.
CID is a case identification number from the original, unmatched Federal Election Project precinct election returns data set.
STFIPS is the State FIPS Code (40 for Oklahoma).
CTYFIPS is the County FIPS Code.
COUNTY is the county name.
CD is the congressional district number (1-6, coded 0 if unknown).
TOWN is the town name.
WARD is the ward code.
PRECINCT is the precinct code.
SUBDIV is the precinct name.
SD is the Senate District number.
HD is the House District number.

Registration Information:
REGTOT is the total number of registered voters.
REGDEM is the number of registered Democrats.
REGREP is the number of registered Republicans.

Votes for President:
GORE is votes for Al Gore (Democrat).
BUSH is votes for George W. Bush (Republican).
NADER is votes for Ralph Nader (Green).
PRESOTH is votes for other presidential candidates.
PRESOVER is over votes for president.
PRESUND is under votes for president.

Votes for Corporation Commission.
CORPDEM is votes for Gilbert Bigby (Democrat).
CORPREP is votes for Bob Anthony (Republican).
CORPOTH is votes for other corporation commission candidates, including Roger Bloxham
(Libertarian).
CORPOVER is over votes for corporation commission.
CORPUND is under votes for corporation commission.

Votes for U.S. House
CONGDEM is votes for the Democratic candidate (Lowe in District 1, Carson in District 2, none
in District 3, Weatherford in District 4, McWatters in District 5, Beutler in District 6).
CONGREP is votes for the Republican candidate (Largent in District 1, Ewing in District 2,
Watkins in District 3, Watts in District 4, Istook in District 5, Lucas in District 6).
CONGOTH is votes for other candidates.
CONGOVER is over votes for U.S. House.
CONGUND is under votes for U.S. House.

Votes for the Oklahoma State Senate:
SSDEM is votes for the Democratic candidate.
SSREP is votes for the Republican candidate.
SSOTH is votes for other candidates.
SSOVER is over votes for the Oklahoma State Senate.
SSUNDER is under votes for the Oklahoma State Senate.

Votes for the Oklahoma State House:
SHDEM is votes for the Democratic candidate.
SHREP is votes for the Republican candidate.
SHOTH is votes for other candidates.
SHOVER is over votes for the Oklahoma State House.
SHUND is under votes for the Oklahoma State House.

2000 U.S. Census Racial Data:
VTD is the voter tabulation district.
TOTP is the total population.

The data file breaks both population and voting-age population up by race and by Hispanic origin.  The variable names are listed below, but the naming convention is fairly simple:1) Every racial category is divided between Hispanics and non-Hispanics.  The Hispanic version will start with "H" while the non-Hispanic category starts with "NH".  So "HWH" counts all one-race white Hispanics, and "NHWH" counts all one-race white non-Hispanics; combined they would include all one-race whites.
2) Single-race categories have two-letter abbreviations: whites (WH), blacks (BL), native Americans (NT), Asians (AS), Pacific Islanders (PC), and other races (OT).  So non-Hispanic Asians would be "NHAS".
3) Double-race categories include the first letter for each race separated by an underscore.  So, for example, Hispanics who counted themselves as partly white and partly black would be "HW_B".
4) People who reported three or more races were collected in an omnibus category: Hispanics with three or more races (HPL3) and non-Hispanics with three or more races (NHPL3).
5) For every population category, there is a parallel Variable reporting that population category only among those who are voting-age population.  For the VAP, the variable name ends in "18".

Non-Hispanics:
NHWH is the number of non-Hispanic Whites (single-race only).
NHBL is the number of non-Hispanic Blacks (single-race only).
NHNT is the number of non-Hispanic American Indians and Alaska Natives (single-race only).
NHAS is the number of non-Hispanic Asians (single-race only).
NHPC is the number of non-Hispanic Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders (single-race only).
NHOT is the number of non-Hispanics of any other race (single-race only).
NHW_B is the number of non-Hispanics of both White and Black races.
NHW_N is the number of non-Hispanics of both White and American Indian/Alaskan Native races.
NHW_A is the number of non-Hispanics of both White and Asian races.
NHW_P is the number of non-Hispanics of both White and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander races.
NHW_O is the number of non-Hispanics of both White and some other race.
NHB_N is the number of non-Hispanics of both Black and American Indian/Alaskan Native races.
NHB_A is the number of non-Hispanics of both Black and Asian races.
NHB_P is the number of non-Hispanics of both Black and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander races.
NHB_O is the number of non-Hispanics of both Black and some other race.
NHN_A is the number of non-Hispanics of both American Indian/Alaskan Native and Asian races.
NHN_P is the number of non-Hispanics of both American Indian/Alaskan Native and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander races.
NHN_O is the number of non-Hispanics of both American Indian/Alaskan Native and another race.
NHA_P is the number of non-Hispanics of both Asian and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander races.
NHA_O is the number of non-Hispanics of both Asian and some other race.
NHP_O is the number of non-Hispanics of both Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander and some other race.
NHPL3 is the number of non-Hispanics of three or more races.

Hispanics:
HWH is the number of Hispanic Whites (single-race only).
HBL is the number of Hispanic Blacks (single-race only).
HNT is the number of Hispanic American Indians and Alaska Natives (single-race only).
HAS is the number of Hispanic Asians (single-race only).
HPC is the number of Hispanic Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders (single-race only).
HOT is the number of Hispanics of any other race (single-race only).
HW_B is the number of Hispanics of both White and Black races.
HW_N is the number of Hispanics of both White and American Indian/Alaskan Native races.
HW_A is the number of Hispanics of both White and Asian races.
HW_P is the number of Hispanics of both White and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander races.
HW_O is the number of Hispanics of both White and some other race.
HB_N is the number of Hispanics of both Black and American Indian/Alaskan Native races.
HB_A is the number of Hispanics of both Black and Asian races.
HB_P is the number of Hispanics of both Black and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander races.
HB_O is the number of Hispanics of both Black and some other race.
HN_A is the number of Hispanics of both American Indian/Alaskan Native and Asian races.
HN_P is the number of Hispanics of both American Indian/Alaskan Native and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander races.
HN_O is the number of Hispanics of both American Indian/Alaskan Native and another race.
HA_P is the number of Hispanics of both Asian and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander races.
HA_O is the number of Hispanics of both Asian and some other race.
HP_O is the number of Hispanics of both Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander and some other race.
HPL3 is the number of Hispanics of three or more races.

Voting Age Population:
TOTP18 is the total voting age population.

Non-Hispanics:
NHWH18 is the number of non-Hispanic Whites of voting age (single-race only).
NHBL18 is the number of non-Hispanic Blacks of voting age (single-race only).
NHNT18 is the number of non-Hispanic American Indians and Alaska Natives of voting age (single-race only).
NHAS18 is the number of non-Hispanic Asians of voting age (single-race only).
NHPC18 is the number of non-Hispanic Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders of voting age (single-race only).
NHOT18 is the number of non-Hispanics of any other race of voting age (single-race only).
NHW_B18 is the number of non-Hispanics of both White and Black races of voting age.
NHW_N18 is the number of non-Hispanics of both White and American Indian/Alaskan Native races of voting age.
NHW_A18 is the number of non-Hispanics of both White and Asian races of voting age.
NHW_P18 is the number of non-Hispanics of both White and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander races of voting age.
NHW_O18 is the number of non-Hispanics of both White and some other race of voting age.
NHB_N18 is the number of non-Hispanics of both Black and American Indian/Alaskan Native races of voting age.
NHB_A18 is the number of non-Hispanics of both Black and Asian races of voting age.
NHB_P18 is the number of non-Hispanics of both Black and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander races of voting age.
NHB_O18 is the number of non-Hispanics of both Black and some other race of voting age.
NHN_A18 is the number of non-Hispanics of both American Indian/Alaskan Native and Asian races of voting age.
NHN_P18 is the number of non-Hispanics of both American Indian/Alaskan Native and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander races of voting age.
NHN_O18 is the number of non-Hispanics of both American Indian/Alaskan Native and another race of voting age.
NHA_P18 is the number of non-Hispanics of both Asian and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander races of voting age.
NHA_O18 is the number of non-Hispanics of both Asian and some other race of voting age.
NHP_O18 is the number of non-Hispanics of both Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander and some other race of voting age.
NHPL318 is the number of non-Hispanics of three or more races of voting age.

Hispanics:
HWH18 is the number of Hispanic Whites of voting age (single-race only).
HBL18 is the number of Hispanic Blacks of voting age (single-race only).
HNT18 is the number of Hispanic American Indians and Alaska Natives of voting age (single-race only).
HAS18 is the number of Hispanic Asians of voting age (single-race only).
HPC18 is the number of Hispanic Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders of voting age (single-race only).
HOT18 is the number of Hispanics of any other race of voting age (single-race only).
HW_B18 is the number of Hispanics of both White and Black races of voting age.
HW_N18 is the number of Hispanics of both White and American Indian/Alaskan Native races of voting age.
HW_A18 is the number of Hispanics of both White and Asian races of voting age.
HW_P18 is the number of Hispanics of both White and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander races of voting age.
HW_O18 is the number of Hispanics of both White and some other race of voting age.
HB_N18 is the number of Hispanics of both Black and American Indian/Alaskan Native races of voting age.
HB_A18 is the number of Hispanics of both Black and Asian races of voting age.
HB_P18 is the number of Hispanics of both Black and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander races of voting age.
HB_O18 is the number of Hispanics of both Black and some other race of voting age.
HN_A18 is the number of Hispanics of both American Indian/Alaskan Native and Asian races of voting age.
HN_P18 is the number of Hispanics of both American Indian/Alaskan Native and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander races of voting age.
HN_O18 is the number of Hispanics of both American Indian/Alaskan Native and another race of voting age.
HA_P18 is the number of Hispanics of both Asian and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander races of voting age.
HA_O18 is the number of Hispanics of both Asian and some other race of voting age.
HP_O18 is the number of Hispanics of both Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander and some other race of voting age.
HPL318 is the number of Hispanics of three or more races of voting age.
